Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully. – Johannes Brahms
Even on the drum level, it’s all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills. – John Otto
I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let ‘them’ steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I’m here to thrive, not just to survive. – Lydia Lunch
What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate as human beings. – Sebastian Faulks
Maybe we like our politicians to appear like bumbling oafs. It certainly never did Ronald Reagan or George Bush any harm. The Italians still seem enamoured of Silvio Berlusconi – a man whose entry into a room is less likely to be greeted with the Italian national anthem than by the Benny Hill theme tune. – Rory Bremner
A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand. – Renzo Piano
When I begin writing, I have no idea what my novels are ultimately going to be about. I don’t have a plot. I never consider a theme. I don’t make notes or outlines. – Tawni O’Dell
A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense. – Vince Flynn
I’m actually quite critical of the storytelling theme. I think all the storytellers are not storytellers. – Stefan Sagmeister
I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I’ve ever been on is at a casino in Nevada. – Tia Carrere
